The incident, after a night of fermentation, showed no signs of abating in popularity; on the contrary, it intensified. After all, such a simple and crude ‘business war’ tactic broke the public’s perception of business warfare, and Qianbai became a laughingstock online.
“Qianbai’s directors stormed TaoXun’s warehouse last night? What kind of magical event is this? So this is what real business warfare is like?”
“My dears, I’m so scared right now! Qianbai’s directors are so stupid. I’ve bought a lot of things on Qianbai’s website, will I get infected and have my IQ lowered?”
“I don’t know about getting my IQ lowered, but slow delivery is real! Why not try TaoXun’s self-operated delivery? TaoXun, that scoundrel, tricked me again. They said next-day delivery, but I bought it yesterday and it arrived today!”
“TaoXun’s self-operated delivery? What’s that? Next-day delivery, can it really arrive that fast? I’ll go check it out!”
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The incident spread rapidly online, and the two involved companies, Qianbai and TaoXun, were once again linked together, making a lively appearance in public discussions.
However, compared to Qianbai being ridiculed, TaoXun’s self-operated delivery seized this wave of popularity and entered more people’s field of vision.
Although TaoXun had some publicity for its self-operated delivery, it hadn’t yet been promoted across the entire network. Ye Zhi had originally planned to continue with the subsequent promotional plans after the word-of-mouth from the first batch of users came out. If there were any problems, they could be discovered and improved in a timely manner.
Now, with the ‘dedicated assistance’ from Qianbai, coupled with word-of-mouth from some users, TaoXun’s self-operated delivery’s subsequent promotion was completely disrupted. Many new users poured into TaoXun, wanting to try their self-operated products to see if they could really be that fast.
The surge in TaoXun’s self-operated users was not only concerned by TaoXun but most importantly by Qianbai.
Those investors who couldn’t reach a conclusion yesterday all came to Qianbai’s conference room today to discuss in person.
It’s just that Jin Kaiyuan’s seat was now vacant, and everyone felt a bit awkward.
Yao Hongbo was truly impressed. Although he had sensed that Jin Kaiyuan seemed to be up to something, he never expected that he would be personally climbing walls and breaking into warehouses! He didn’t know whether to praise Jin Kaiyuan for being so practical and action-oriented!
The other investors remained tight-lipped about the matter, completely avoiding discussion.
After a period of discussion, the crowd still couldn’t reach a conclusion. Zhan Li spoke up again, “Hongbo, do you have any good ideas?”
“Director Zhan, I still insist on my opinion,” Yao Hongbo said again. “A steady approach is more conducive to Qianbai’s development.”
“How about this, Yang Xu will also be here today and should arrive soon. We’ll listen to his opinions later,” Su Ming suggested.
Yao Hongbo stopped speaking. Not long after, Yang Xu arrived. Facing the investors’ doubts, Yang Xu was not flustered at all.
“Everyone, I know TaoXun is currently in the limelight, which makes you have little confidence in Feitong and Qianbai, but these are just superficial appearances!” Yang Xu said aggressively. “I have prepared enough data, please take a look!”
Yang Xu took out a USB drive and inserted it into the computer, projecting the PPT onto the large screen in the conference room.
This PPT was almost entirely data, and Yang Xu spoke eloquently as he played it.
How many years has Qianbai been established, and how many users does it have? How many years has TaoXun been established, and how many users does it have?
Although Qianbai’s recent revenue cannot compare to TaoXun’s, that’s all Ou Minghan’s fault! If we compare horizontally with Qianbai’s past, hasn’t there been progress?
As for Feitong, its data is even more substantial!
How many warehouses does Feitong have, how many provinces does it cover, and how many employees does it have? How long has Shunda been around, and how can it compete with Feitong?
Although Shunda can now deliver TaoXun’s self-operated goods and achieve internal circulation, they can continue to compress Shunda’s survival space, leaving it only able to deliver TaoXun’s self-operated goods!
Yang Xu spoke passionately, his spittle flying. In summary, there was only one sentence: “The advantage is with us!”
“Everyone, we are currently at a disadvantage only in public opinion,” Yang Xu said, placing his hands on the table, his expression excited. “But the gap between us is not that large! As long as we continue to increase investment, our chances of winning are still very high!”
Yao Hongbo was stunned. Yang Xu was simply distorting the facts to attract investment!
As long as TaoXun and Shunda achieve internal circulation, no matter how frantically they burn money, they cannot truly harm TaoXun.
However, these were the words that these investors wanted to hear and were willing to listen to. Coupled with Yang Xu’s clever avoidance of unfavorable data and showcasing only data that supported his arguments, quite a few investors were indeed swayed by his words.
Yao Hongbo couldn’t help but sneer, “Director Yang, so according to your meaning, TaoXun is completely useless?”
“Not necessarily. We cannot be so careless and must also see the opponent’s strengths!” Yang Xu said solemnly. “Doesn’t TaoXun’s self-operated delivery provide us with a good imitation idea? TaoXun can do it, and Qianbai can also do it! TaoXun has Shunda, and Qianbai has Feitong! Moreover, seizing the market is nothing more than spending money. As long as we are more willing to spend money than TaoXun, are we afraid of not winning against them? It’s not like TaoXun has just launched a new plan, and we, so many people, would directly raise the white flag and surrender, right?”
The crowd was in an uproar, and it was clear that many people agreed with him.
“Brother Zhan, what do you think?” Su Ming asked softly.
Just as Zhan Li was about to speak, Zhan Ruofeng on the side gently tugged his sleeve under the table.
Zhan Li understood. He frowned and said, “I need to think about it…”
“Brother Zhan, I actually think Old Yang’s words are quite good,” Su Ming said with a smile. “Besides, we are all old, are we not as driven and daring as the younger generation?”
“Uncle Su, you misunderstand,” Zhan Ruofeng said calmly. “My father and I naturally have confidence in Qianbai. However, recently my younger sister has suddenly had a whim to start her own business, so the Zhan family’s focus will be entirely on my younger sister. Of course, when my younger sister settles down in a while, we will naturally consider investing in Qianbai.”
Zhan Li’s lips twitched. He really hadn’t expected to use Zhan Ruoqing as a shield.
Hearing them say this, Su Ming found it difficult to persuade them further.
In the end, after discussion among the investors, except for Zhan Li who maintained a wait-and-see attitude due to personal reasons, everyone else decided to continue to increase their investment.
TaoXun’s idea is good, now it’s theirs! They also want to do self-operated delivery! Since it can make money, they will learn it!
Yao Hongbo tried his best to dissuade them, but he was reprimanded by several investors, who said he was too conservative and that he had lost the drive of a young person in middle age.
Yao Hongbo was speechless and could only remain silent.